Mitch Klein
Master Kronzer
Hr.1
Love Lasts Trough Death
[ The light is dim as Private detective ZORO steps in to observe the crime. He stands there looking at the victim that is lying on the floor of the kitchen. . . . MURDERED. Officer MONROW walks in with a cup of joe and a jelly donut.]
MONROE
[as he stares down at the body]
Hey who we got dis’ time?
ZORO
[looking up from the body]
His name is Kronzer . . . Hairy Kronzer knew him from college. Good man ,the times we had . . . [as he drifts to memory lane]
MONROE
[takes a bite of his donut, and takes a sip of joe]
Well he being the fifth on dis’ week the chief is going to have my hide.
[ZORO walks over to the opening between the kitchen and dinning room, he turns and draws his gun to around the spot where the victum would have been standing when he was shot]
ZORO
Well for or shooter he would have to have been here, and knowing Kronzer he would have needed to have known him very well indeed to get here.
MONROE
[MONROW looking a bit puzzled, thinking to himself]
How do you know??
ZORO
Kronzer was a very tight neat and orderly person. Also he was no socialite, if you knew Kronzer then you were one special person considering that he was mute and deaf.
MONROE
[awe struck by what ZORO had just said]
How could a man that was mute and deaf make in New York City!?!
[ZORO only shakes his head and pulled out his pipe threw in some tobacco. He began to screach for his lighter. MONROE seeing his friend in need pulls out a set of matches and with a silent gesture asks to light ZORO’s pipe]
ZORO
Thanks I needed that, I could use some time to look over the scene myself if you please
[MONROE nods]
No problem, we will give ya the sense for the night and be back tomorrow. By the way the coriner will be here for the body in the hour so make sure he gets it. KAY BOYS CLEAR OUT!!
[the sound of footsteps take over the audio. ZORO now alone begins to examine the body of his childhood friend, choking back tears he stands up and somberly stands as witness to the tragedy that has befallen his comrade.]
ZORO
[inhaling from his pipe, releasing the smoke into the air]
Who Hairy… who did this to you, I’ll make them pay for what they did.
[pauses in mid speech when he notices a large hole in the wall]
ZORO
Well, well what do we have here?? Looks like our killer missed his mark before killing poor Hairy.
[pulling out a knife he kept in his boot, cutting around the hole and pitching and preying the loose brick of plaster. Few more seconds of prying and the brick falls into ZORO’s hand. Hearing foot steps behind him ZORO wiped around drawing his holstered weapon to find FRED the cornier, FRED being a man of his late 60’s shutters as the gun is pointed at him.]
ZORO
[ slowly putting his gun back in his holster]
Oh FRED it’s only you
FRED
Oh don’t go and oh FRED me, ye nearly gave me a heart attack.. I only came for the body…
[FRED slowly stops talking as he see’s that it is Hairy]
FRED
[FRED now taking a more and sincere voice]
Hey, sorry for what I said, you got a right bein jumpy and all dis’ guy whacked you best friend, besides dis how you been holdin up. Eh??
ZORO
[ touched by FRED’s concern lays his hand on the old man’s shoulder]
Not to great sense the police chief hired me for this case.
FRED
[touches his hand ]
Hey why don’t you help an old man get old hairy ready for his trip.
[ ZORO looking down cast backs away and puts the brick down on the counter. Then FRED and ZORO put a blanket over HAIRY then lift him on to the cart. ZORO and FRED go off stage, ZORO quickly returns to the sence]
ZORO
Well it looks like I got to get you to the lab
[ZORO walks off stage brick in hand a light go out]
[ in the back ground the phone begins to ring. The light turn on and we are viewing into the office of Private Detective ZORO]
ZORO
[picks up the phone obviously groggy form sleeping at his desk]
Hello PI ZORO how may I help you??
CALLER
Well looks like they pulled out the big dog on my trail.
[ZORO Regaining full control over himself beigns to think]
CALLER
So when are they having poor Hairy’s funeral??
ZORO
YOU!!!! YOU’RE THE one that shot him!!
CALLER
[Laugher fills the room]
So now you know who I am, you really are quite slow I even left you a present in the wall, and you still haven’t caught me.
ZORO
[ angry now]
I AM GOING TO SEE YOU BEHIND BARS!!!!!
CALLER
[Laughs again]
I don’t believe that you could catch me, considering that you were never good at playing tag.
ZORO
[confused and a little bit scared]
Who … Who are you?
CALLER
Me well I am somebody. But I am ALIVE, you are also me next target and please make it more fun by not involving the police. I would hate to go have to make some unnecessary casualties.
[phone goes dead]
ZORO
Hello??? HELLO!! Damn it
[ZORO pick up the phone and dials MONROE’s personal line
MONROE
Hey ZORO what’s the call for??
ZORO
MONROE the killer just called me at my office
MONROE
[sounding a bit shocked ]
WHAT!! The killer just called you!!
ZORO
Yes MONROW he did and he said that he knew me and that I was going to be his next target.
MONROE
[little ticked off]
How can you be so casual about this?
ZORO
Cause if I play his game I can win...[pauses for a moment] Did you get the lab results in on that bullet??
MONROE
What why do you want those, I ain’t letting you play this game of his… it is a he right??
ZORO
[more agitated]
From the sound of his voice yes he is, oh yeah he is also 6’ 1 has blonde hair, hazel eyes and broad shoulders. Just tell me what you found out about the damn BULLET!!!!
MONROE
[Caught off guard by ZORO’s rage]
Ok, ok you don’t need to get angry …
[MONROE sounds as if he is rifling through some papers]
Here we go he is using a 13mm, records say that there is only one gun that fires the round. These guns are rare the last Tzar of Russia commissioned 129 of these to be made, and only 29 are accounted for and they are owned by the Russia government and are rarely ever displayed to the public.
ZORO
[rubbing his eye lids]
What a fine mess we got here there are 100 possible owners to these guns and they are are probably all rusted over or melted down for something else.
MONROE
Hey cheer up, the bullets that these guns fire are just as rare and cost a mint to get even one. Unless of course you know how to make them.
[in the back round over the phone a fire alarm goes off]
ZORO
What’s happening MONROE??
MONROE
I don’t know… hey you should be here.. [BANG… SILENCE]
ZORO
MONROE?? MONROE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
KILLER
Well I told you not to involve anyone else. Oh well looks like you’re the typical coward
[phone goes dead]
ZORO
[tears overwhelm him as he puts down the phone]
DAMA IT!!!!!! Who the hell is he?? How does he know what I am going to do ?? well it's not safe here.
[ZORO gets up out of the chair grab a bottle from the table his coat and his hat. Opens his door slams it shut and doesn’t even bother to lock it. ]
[everything goes dark and we go back to Hairy’s apartment]
ZORO
[closing the door behind him and securely locking it]
This is the safest place right now.
[setting himself down on the coach and opening the bottle of rum taking the rest of the bottle down he leans back and sleeps. He is awaked by the opening of the door]
ZORO
[gets up with a start]
Who’s there!!
MYSTERIOUS PERSON
[setting himself down in the chair across from the couch]
Only the man who you killed
ZORO
[his eyes adjusting to the limited light]
EDWARDO!!!! your alive!!!?
EDWARDO
[smile ever so slightly]
Well it seems you can always get the worst out of people can you. I didn’t want to kill them all but I had to make you notice me.
ZORO
[chilled by EDWARDO’s statement]
ED, I thought you were dead when that cave collapsed, I searched for days, weeks , month’s even. But we couldn’t find a trace of you, where have you been all this time??
EDWARDO
[losses his smile and points a large gun at ZORO]
You searched??? When that cave fell in and you got out and I didn’t, I went down into the cave to try and find a exit. I did but by the time I got ou ti was considered dead and my parents had killed themselves in their grief to join their son. So I left, then a few years ago I came back to repay you for my lost life.
ZORO
[saddened by EDWARDO’s hate ]
So this is how we end it then …
EDWARDO
[ cocks the hammer of his gun]
I loved and hated you and now you die
[BANG.. lights go out as ZORO lies there face down on the floor]
ZORO
[Blood and tears mix on the floor]
I always loved you my little brother
[ZORO dies]
[EDWARDO then reloads the gun and turns it on himself]
EDWARDO
And I you…BROTHER!!!!
[Bang lights go out as shot fired and EDWARDO slups on the floor next to his brother and dies]
* if you could plz help me make this a comedic ending plz*
